UAE, France discuss promotion of trade relations

Abu Dhabi, June 2 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have agreed to further promote bilateral trade and investment, WAM news agency reported Monday. UAE Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna al-Qassimi and French parliamentarian and former minister of social affairs and integration Jean-Louis Bianco during a meeting Sunday expressed their keenness to deepen bilateral relations and boost trade and investment.

Bianco is leading a delegation of the French National Assembly to the UAE.

Al-Qassimi told reporters after the meeting that the Arab country has attracted more than $19 billion foreign investment in 2006.